Connecticut western news., 1887-05-25
CURRENT EVENTS ABROAD.

Gen. Boulanger will retain the French War portfolio. The opinion is expressed that whether Freycinet-Boulange or Clemen. ceau-Boulanger Cabinet be formed, the result will be the same. Continuous preparations for war must end in war A Frecyinet Cabinet without Boulanger would be regardedI as pledge of peace. <- Admiral Knorr has presented to Emperor William on behalf of the Sultan of Zanzibar set of jewels. similar set will be presented to Prince Bismarck.
 The first anniversary of the birth of AL fonso KILL, King of Spain, was celebrated with elaborate ceremonies. The Queen Re- gent remitted one-haf the sentence of each soldier imprisoned for participation in the revolt of last September. Repeated slight shocks of earthquake were felt at Malaga.
 The Pope is displeased at the attitude of the Catholic press ill Germany. considering I that it obstructs the policy of peace. -M Schnaebeles has been permanently re- lieved from duty as Commissary in Alsace, and transferred to similar post in the Department of Aisne.
 Emperor William has ordered the Baltic Canal to be open June 5. The land and h ouse owners in MetZ Po- sen and Strasburg are alarmed and indignant over the German Governments notification i that additional land and buildings will be re- 1 quired to carry out it's intention of enlarging l the scope of the frontier Notifications. The insurgent Burmese Docoits have sur- rendered to British authority. Il. Cleverdon a cheese merchant of Strath- roy, England, Warden of county Middlesex | and Sunday school superintendent, has fled l after committing extensive forgeries. l "A German named Hassler has been ar rested at Dijon as a spy. He had served in l the Prussan Army, and had in his possession l lists of all Alsatians living in the neighbor- l hood.
 The Russian Government is abOut to revise ! all the foreign commercial treaties. l Serious rioting is reported at Narva, Russia. Troops have been despatched to the scene. | Count Herbert Bismarck has arrived in | Dublin as the guest of the Marquis of Lon donderry.
 ] A deputation of fishermen from Norman and Breton ports called upon the French For eign Minister and asked him to protest against the Newfoundland fishery bill stopping the 1 sale of bait to Frenchmen M. Flourens prom ised to bring the matter before the Chamber of Deputies.
 A contract has been made for the con- struction of the Manchester, Eng, ship canal at cost of 5000, ,00O. | A great panic is occurring in the woollen l trade in Germany, seven firms having failed in three days, several of whom were engaged 1 largely in the American trade. Tt is reported that England proposes to 1 let King Charles of Roumania be made King of Bulgaria and that Germany approves of the plan.
 | A large amount of treasure, estimated to be worth $25 0O0, ,0OO, has been found in India.
 Gen. Viscount T. Tani, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of Japan, and five other gentlemen connected with the same De- partment. have arrived at the Arlington, in | Washington. They arc ill this country to study the American systems of agriculture and transportation.
 The Ryan House at Boissvain, Man., caught fire the other morning, and the flames spread so rapidly that the guests barely es- capped with their lives, jumping from the win dows in their night clothes. Duncan Mclean | was burned to death
 The river Daro running partly under ground through Granada, Spain. has burst it's banks and inundated the poorer suburbs of the city. The inhabitants have been ordered to abandon their houses, which are unsafe. The crops in the fields and much property have been destroyed. At Mega woman was killed and several other persons injured.
 The Porte has prohibited the importation into Turkey of all Greek journals, in conse- quence of the publication of articles hostile to Turkey.
 vides that the tribute payable to Turkey shall form the first charge upon the Egyptian reve- nues. The question of the return of British troops, in case of B rising, is solved in 8 sense l favorable to England.
 The bodies of eighty-fve victims of the Bulli colliery disaster near Sydney, N. s. w., have been recovered. The inquest resulted in verdict that the explosion was due to the disregarding of the rule prohibiting miners from working where gas exists.
 -Sheik Abou Houda has been exiled from Turkey for conspiring to dethrone the Sultan. He was for a long time intimate adviser of the Sultan.
 The last toll bridge in the Province, that over the Avon River, at Windsor, Can, was
 burned. It was a quarter of mile long.
 An account is cabed of a great Viennese rival of Sarah Bernhardt as an actress.
 Tho Mayor of Cork, replying to an invita- the jubilee festivities, says that, in view of the Crimes bill, the invitation is little short of an outrage upon the self-respect of the Irish peo- pie.
 The Mitchelstown branch of the National
 League has requested the people of that dis
 trict to boycott the Cunard line, for its al
 legged treatment of O'Brien, and the advice is
 being followed.
 Tho Manitoba government have placed 6
 patrol on the border line to prevent Blood
 Indians from raiding into the United States.
 The Czar and CZarina have started for Novo Tcherkash, the capital of the Don Cos
 sacks country.
 Large sums of money have been collected
 in Germany for the purpose of spreading
 Professionalism in Italy.
 Tine Italian Government has refused to
 grant a subvention for the projected Simp,on
 Railway tunnel, and the scheme will probably
 be abandoned.
 A report is circulated in London that
 Chinese fleet has occupied Port Hamilton with
 the intention of establishing there a Chinese l naval station.